Psalm 104

1Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh my God, you are exceedingly great; splendor and majesty you have put on.

2You clothe yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a curtain.

3He lays the beams of his upper chambers in the waters. He sets the clouds as his chariot. He walks upon the wings of the wind.

4He makes his angels winds, his ministers flaming fire.

5He founded the earth upon its foundations, lest it be shaken forever and ever.

6You clothed it with the deep like clothing; the waters stood above the mountains.

7They fled at your rebuke; they hastened at the voice of your thunder.

8The mountains rose, the valleys sank to the place you had founded for them.

9You set a boundary lest they pass over, lest they return to cover the earth.

10He sends springs into the valleys; between the mountains they flow.

11They water every beast of the field; wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12Birds of the heavens dwell beside them; among the branches they give voice.

13He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

14He causes grass to grow for the livestock, and herb for man's service, to bring forth food from the earth.

15And wine gladdens man's heart, oil brightens his face, and bread sustains man's heart.

16Yahweh's trees are filled, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

17where the birds make their nests there; the stork has her house in the fir trees.

18The lofty hills are for the wild goats; the rocks a refuge for the rock badgers.

19He made the moon for seasons; the sun knows its setting.

20You appoint darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest creep.

21The young lions roar for prey and seek their food from God.

22The sun rises, and they gather to their dens and lie down.

23Man goes out to his work and his labor until evening.

24How abundant are your works, Yahweh! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your possessions.

25Here is the sea, vast and spacious, where innumerable creeping things abound, living creatures both small and great.

26There go ships, Leviathan—this one you formed to play in it.

27All of them look to you to give them their food in its time.

28You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are filled with good.

29You hide your face—they panic; you withdraw their breath—they perish and return to their dust.

30You send forth your Spirit—they are created—and you renew the face of the ground.

31May the glory of Yahweh endure forever; may Yahweh rejoice in his works.

32He beholds the earth, and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they smoke.

33I will sing to Yahweh while I live; I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist.

34May my meditation be pleasing to him; I will rejoice in Yahweh.

35Let sinners vanish from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise Yah!